Showing posts with label time-travel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label time-travel. Show all posts

Wednesday, 24 November 2021

This Thing is Weird!

Hope you left some space guys, it's time for pudding!



We focus on the Weird in RPG's this week, as we contemplate Adam's bizarre chaos-demon confection The Whirlywhip. What makes a thing weird, and how can this quality enliven our games? 

Then we trip over to the lovely folks from the OSR RPG group on Facebook for more weird and wonderful happenings. 

Full encounter here!



We are once again heavily laden with references. Our Gelatinous Cube is sadly absent this week but here is a piece they wrote about the work of Jim Woodring.

This particular encounter brought to mind the excellent advice of Arnold K to "attack every part of the character sheet," and you can find some of his thoughts on the principle here.

And finally what's all this about Weird Materialism and the OSR? Here's Deep Under Stone on the subject. 


Monday, 25 October 2021

This Worm is Cosmic!

Obligatory Dune reference!




Episode 6 covers Adam's encounter "This Worm is Cosmic!" Get ready for monsters-as-traps, zero gravity made simple, and the expansive possibilities of prog rock fantasy.

And once we've finished covering worms in space we get to grips with worms in time, as the Gelatinous Cube presents a ride through psychedelic chronology.

Full encounters here!


Oh no! The Map is Wrong!

We're back with Gelatinous Cube 19! Our prompt this week comes from the very lovely and talented Kyle Latino of Map Crow , who provides ...